Body Lore and Laws

Essays on Law and the Human Body

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

AvRos M D Byam Shaw,Andrew Bainham,Shelley Day Sclater,Martin Richards

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This book,the second produced by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group, is a collection of essays on the subject of law and the human body. As the title suggests, bodies and body parts are not only subject to regulation through formal legal processes, but also the meanings attached to particular bodies, and the significance accorded to some body parts, are aspects of broader cultural processes. In short, bodies are subjected to both lore and laws. The contributors, all leading academics in the fields of Law, Sociology, Psychology, Feminism, Criminology, Biology and Genetics, respectively, offer a range of interdisciplinary papers that critically examine how bodies are constructed and regulated in law. The book is divided into two parts. Part one is concerned with 'Making Bodies' and includes papers relating to transactions in human gametes, cloning, court-ordered caesarean sections, testing for genetic risk, the patenting of human genes and the social policy implications of the growth in genetic information. Part two is concerned with 'Using and Abusing Bodies'.It contains chapters relating to sexualities, sexual orientation and the law, sex workers and their clients, domestic homicide, religious and cultural practices and other issues involving children's bodies, the ownership of the body and body parts and the legal and ethical issues surrounding euthanasia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2002-01-18
Mått156 x 234 x 20 mm
Vikt547 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor400
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781841131979

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Introduction, Shelley Day Sclater; bodies as property - form slavery to DNA maps, Eileen Richardson and Bryan S. Turner; giving, selling and sharing bodies, Jonathan Herring; discovering and patenting human genes, Gregory Radick; letting go .... parents, professionals and the law in retention of human material after post mortem, Mavis Maclean; male medical students and the male body, Martin H. Johnson; domestic homicide, gender and the expert, Felicity Kaganas; the many appearances of the body in feminist scholarship, Anne Bottomley; male bodies, family practices, Richard Collier; sexualities, sexual relations and the law, Andrew Bainham; hiring bodies - male clients and prostitution, Belinda Brooks-Gordon and Loraine Gelsthorpe; villain, hero or masked stranger - ambivalence in transactions with human gametes, Rachel Cook; court-ordered Cesarean sections, Jane Weaver; dehydrating bodies - the "Bland" case, the Winterton Bill and the importance of intention in evaluating end-of-life decision-making, John Keown; religion, culture and the body of the child, Caroline Bridge; future bodies - some history and future prospects for human genetic selection, Martin Richards; perceptions of the body and genetic risk, Elizabeth Chapman; science, medicine and ethical change, Derek Morgan.

A great strength of the work is the diversity of topics covered. A reader approaching this book may want to focus on a particular topic or set of topics, but, if one takes the time to read all of the essays, s/he will, I believe, come away with a renewed appreciation of the diversity and complexity of issues at stake in this arena of legal discourse. Thomas C. Shevory, Ithaca College The Law and Politics Book Review August 2002 ...a fascinating variety of perspectives and issues are included. The 18 chapters constitute a useful volume for academics and (undergraduate and postgraduate) students 'working on the body' in a range of disciplines. Lois Bibbings, University of Bristol Child and Family Law Quarterly September 2002